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Grantmaker's Fundamentals Series | Part 3: Nonprofit Finance

Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:30 AM

All grantmakers are invited to participate in this four-part professional development series taught by our region's experienced practitioners, presented by Maryland Philanthropy Network. Session Three will cover understanding nonprofit financial statements with Jennifer Pedroni, Director at BDO FMA. Participants will learn how to read and understand budgets and financial statements to assess the health of an organization. They will also learn what questions to ask and understand how to interpret the numbers based on a nonprofit organization's age, mission, or funding streams.

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

All Funders

Grants Managers/Administrators

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit Financials

Members' Memo | January 18, 2023

Release Date:

01/18/2023

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our Interim President and CEO Kevin McHugh.

Trust-Based Philanthropy with a Racial Equity Lens: A Cohort Program for Grantmaking Practitioners

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to be a partner with the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project for this multi-part series that will explore the relationship between the two approaches, to understand why a racial equity lens is needed (the issue), what a racial equity lens is in a trust-based approach (the answer), and how to operationalize it (the implementation). This series will include comprehensive data-informed content, rich discussion and insights from sector thought leaders, as well as an opportunity to connect with a cohort of peers actively working to understand and operationalize these concepts within their grantmaking organizations.

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Community Foundation of Carroll County hosts Westminster Pride Festival Fund

Release Date:

06/10/2018

On Saturday, July 7, downtown Westminster will host its first LGBTQ+ pride event, as the Westminster Pride Festival fills the 200 block of East Main Street between Church and Court Streets.

Census citizenship question hurts equity efforts

Release Date:

08/07/2018

Social movements require bold responses, especially when government policy would directly discriminate against classes of people. We are active in our fight for equity, and we can be active in this battle over the Census question, writes Horizon Foundation CEO and Maryland Philanthropy Network Board Member Nikki Highsmith Vernick.

Meet The Funders – Closing the Funding Gap for Black-Led Nonprofits

Friday, February 25, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

According to a new study published in May 2020 by Bridgespan and Echoing Green, Racial Equity in Philanthropy: Closing the Funding Gap<

Event type:

Network Building

Audience:

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Topic:

Conversations with Leaders

Funding Area:

Capacity Building

Meet The Funders – Closing the Funding Gap for Black-Led Nonprofits II

Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

The Black Executive Director’s (BLK ED) Network seeks to bridge the funding gap and

Event type:

Network Building

Audience:

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Topic:

Conversations with Leaders

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Funding Area:

Capacity Building

State of the Sector: What Nonprofits Need from their Relationship with Funders

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 09:30 to 11:30 AM

Supporting nonprofit organizational health by way of facilitating stronger partnerships between philanthropy and nonprofits is one of three priority actions that resulted from Maryland Philanthropy Network member conversations over the past year in our State of the Sector Workgroup. MPN members are invited to build on these conversations by joining this special program with Associated Black Charities and Baltimore area Black-focused nonprofit organizations around positive relationships in support of the organizational health of nonprofit organizations.

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

Members Only

Topic:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Social Sector

Funding Area:

Social Sector

Nonprofit Infrastructure

Staff Reflections on Sabbatical

Release Date:

07/26/2023

Reflections from Elisabeth Hyleck, Director of Learning and Partnerships,

Senior Executive Administrator

Publish date:

11/17/2025

Philanthropic Paths: An Exploratory Study of the Career Pathways of Professionals of Color in Philanthropy

RESOURCE FOR MEMBERS ONLY

Knowledgebase

Low levels of diversity in the senior ranks of foundations have proven to be a stubborn challenge for the field of philanthropy. A report by Forward Change takes an important step toward a deeper understanding of the career pathways of professionals of color in philanthropy—how they enter foundations, how they advance across their careers, and what factors affect their advancement within the sector.

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Resource type:

KB Submission

Publication

Topic:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Leadership Development

Morehead-Cain Civic Collaboration Summer Scholars

Release Date:

06/06/2022

Maryland Philanthropy Network and the Middendorf Foundation are proud to announce we are co-hosting a group of Summer Scholars through mid-July from the University of North Carolina Chap

Recovery and Essential Workers Series: Direct Care and Community Health Workers

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Community Health Workers, Home Health Aides, Personal Care Attendants, and Nursing Assistants are among the direct care workers on the front lines of the Pandemic. COVID-19 spotlighted both an incentive towards accelerating the delivery of care directly in communities and the inequities experienced by direct care and community health workers. During this program, we will have a discussion with David Rodwin of the Public Justice Center and the Maryland Regional Direct Services Collaborative, Dr. Chidinma Ibe, of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. We will learn from our speakers how we can support, advocate, and sustain community health workers and direct home care programs to meet the increasing need to change the delivery of healthcare from institution-based to the community.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Aging/Older Adults Funders

All Funders

Behavioral Health Funders

Health Funders

Workforce Development Funders

Funding Area:

Aging

Behavioral Health

Employment/Workforce development